Pruning-hook.



No. 783,324. PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905. E. D. SNYDER. PRUNING HOOK APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1904.

(Tum/Mm wwwgwo Z1 S yd UNITED STATES Patented February 21, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

PBUNlNG-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 783,324., dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed July 25, 1904. Serial No. 218,078.

tion which will be cheap, simple, and durable.

and which may be adjusted in difi erent ways to suit different specific conditions of operation.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both views, Figure 1 is an elevation of the implement with the blades separated ready to receive a branch to be cut. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the movable blade in reversedposition.

Referring now to the drawings, the present implement comprises a hook-shaped blade 5, the bill and the adjacent portion of the bight of which is sharpened within the inclosure of the hook to form a cutting edge 6 of arc shape. The hook 5 is mounted upon a handle 7, and the stern and adjacent portion of the bight of the hook are provided with a series of perforations 8.

In connection with the hook or fixed blade of the implement there is employed a movable blade one side edge of which is substantially semicircular, as shown at 9, this curved edge being sharpened from one end for sub-- stantially one-half its length, as shown at 11, the opposite end of the blade having a stem 12, perforated, as shown at 13, at its extremity. In the opposite edge of the blade there is a rectangular notch 14, the side of which farthest from the stem 12 is sharpened, as shown at 15.

A perforation 16 is formed through the movable blade at the base of the stem 12 to receive a pivot-bolt 17, which is adapted for engagement with the perforations 8 interchangeably to connect the movable blade at different points along the fixed or hooked blade. A T-shaped guide 18 is mounted upon the handle 7 and through it is passed the rod 19, which is pivotally engaged at one end in the perforation 13, while its opposite end is pivotally connected with a hand-lever 20, which is pivoted to a plate 21, fixed to the handle 7. By manipulating the lever 20 the movable blade is swung toward and away from the fixed blade, and by engaging the bolt 17 in different ones of the perforations 8 the cutting edges will be caused to engage different portions thereof with the materials to be cut, and the strain will be differently applied, as will be understood. The movable blade may be connected either as illustrated in Fig. 1 or as illustrated in Fig. 2, so that either of its cutting edges may be active to suit. corresponding specific conditions.

What is claimed is An implement of the class described comprising a hooked blade having the inner edge of the bill and the adjacent portion of the bight sharpened and having aseries of perforations through the stem and adjacent bight portion, a reversible movable blade having an arc-shaped cutting edge at one side and having its opposite side notched and one side of the notch sharpened, a pivot-bolt engaged through the movable blade and adapted for engagement with the series of perforations interchangeably, a lever pivoted to the handle and connections between the lever and movable blade for actuating the latter.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNES" D. SNYDER.

Witnesses:

'I. C; (JocHRAN, THos. J. MICKUM. 

